
Le Petit Nice is the only restaurant in Marseille to receive a 3 Michelin star rating. It is in a luxury hotel that overlooks the water with Gérald Passedat as the chef. The dining room has windows on 3 sides of its hexagon shape that overlook the water and lights of the city. It was a lovely view even in the dark when you could’t see as much. It was a bit hard to find the entry as we were walking to it. A taxi would know to call at the gate to the parking lot but in the meantime we got to look into the kitchen from the passage way alongside the building. The well spaced cloth covered tables are good sized and set with comfortable swivel chairs. No music plays in the background, candles are on the tables and lights are slightly dimmed. It is old school enough that the ladies menus don’t have prices. They offer several tasting menus and an a la carte menu which is mostly seafood and vegetables. Service was good as was portion control of the tasting menu. Continue reading




















Another building that looked industrial but contained a very elegantly appointed dining room. They offer 2 tasting menus – nearby and faraway – with the former supposedly highlighting local products and the latter involving some suppliers not quite so close. We chose the faraway but in hind sight have wondered if the chef favored and we should have ordered the nearby. No one from the kitchen ever made an appearance. Some service issues plagued us here with extremely long wait times between courses and many of the courses were difficult to eat with the utensils provided and/or plating.























